hard blow

One really hard blow with a shovel to the neck.
Un coup très ferme à la nuque avec une pelle.
Atletico's relegation this season is a hard blow.
La relégation de l’Atlético cette saison est un coup dur.
A hard blow to a rock can cause fissures along cleavage planes.
Un coup violent porté à une roche peut provoquer des fissures le long des plans de clivage.
Ouch, that was a hard blow.
Aïe, quel coup dur.
The loss of his job was a hard blow to recover from.
La perte de son emploi a été un coup dur dont il a eu du mal à se remettre.
They'd tied my hands and were threatening me, but I still wouldn't tell them anything. Then one of them gave me a hard blow with the butt of his gun.
Ils m'avaient attaché les mains et me menaçaient, mais je refusais toujours de leur dire quoi que ce soit. Puis l'un d'eux m'a asséné un violent coup avec la crosse de son pistolet.
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